document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1175615>Question 1175615</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hi<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A had 52 dollars more than B.B had 3 times as much as C. If C had 100 dollars less than A how much money did they have altogether. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #801251 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><B>Theo(13342)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Theo><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=801251\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> let a equal the amount that A had.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let b equal the amount that B had.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let C equal the amount that C had.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "yu are given that:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a = b + 52<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = 3c<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c = a - 100\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "in the first 2 equations, replace b with 3c to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = b + 52 becomes a = 3c + 52\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "in the third equation, replace a with 3c + 52 to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c = a - 100 becomes c = 3c + 52 - 100.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "combine like terms to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c = 3c - 48<BR>\n" );
document.write( "subtract c from both sides of the equation and add 48 to both sides of the equation to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "48 = 2c<BR>\n" );
document.write( "solve for c to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c = 24\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "in the equation that says b = 3c, replace c with 24 to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = 3 * 24.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "solve for b to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = 72.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "in the equation that says a = b + 52, replace b with 72 to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 72 + 52 = 124.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "your now have:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a = 124<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = 72<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c = 24\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "add then up and you have a + b + c = 220.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "that's your solution.\r<BR>\n" );
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